Disclaimer: Can't a guy just dream? *sigh* But Subaru is mine, while I own 99% of Rikuo.
Rikuo: What do I look like, pie?
Inuyasha: By the looks of it. *snickers*
Author-kun: At least you're one good-looking piece of pie!
The days kept coming and going so fast.
Every day, the fountain seemed to lose its shine, as the color slowly faded.
Up in the heavens, an elderly woman kept a worried expression as she watched at the fountain with one, gray eye.
"Kaede-sama, the Wish Bringers we sent, they have another report." an angel entered the heavenly realm, adressing the woman.
Kaede kept her eye at the fountain. "And?"
"The Wish Bringer Inuyasha... he has fallen in love with Kagome..."
"I see." Kaede looked at a small figure of a child standing still beside her, all dressed in white. His brown hair grew much longer and covered half his eyesight, yet his dull, gold eyes stared directly at the image of a familiar girl.
"Kagome..."
Inuyasha woke up with a start. Though he never had a beating heart, he felt nervous. His soulless body shook at the feeling.
Kagome also woke up, and saw him shaking. "Ash? What's wrong?"
Instead of seeing his usual, bright golden eyes, she saw something far beyond.
He looked terrified, and his once cheerful eyes turned dull and frightened. He snapped his fingers and faded away.
She just remained on her bed, surprised. 'Mamoru?'
*roof of the Higurashi residence*
He appeared on the roof. Taking a deep breath, he looked up, finding a child staring directly at him.
"You..." the child muttered, his unblinking eyes staring at him.
"W-who are you?! What do you want?!"
The boy took a step forward to him, then started walking. "You... I am you..."
Inuyasha froze, unable to move.
"M...me?"
The boy nodded. "We should be dead. Kagome shouldn't see us anymore."
"And why not?!" he yelled at him, but the child just stared.
"Because..." his little hands touched his arm. It felt cold.
"He's coming for her next."
*Sunday morning*
Subaru stepped out of his house, breathing in the fresh, clean air. His father Akihiro Najimi followed after him, a coffee cup on his hand.
"Good morning son."
"Good morning Dad."
"How's that girl you keep seeing?"
Subaru turned around to look at him. "You mean Kagome? She's okay. Why?"
"No reason son. I'm just asking, who knows, she could be my new daugher-in-law someday." Akihiro said with a wink.
"Dad! Seriously! I'm not interested in her anyway..." the teen muttered.
"Oh? Then why do you two keep going out?"
"Because we're friends. Its what we do."
Akihiro sipped from his coffee before nodding. "Mm. I suppose so."
"Hey Dad?"
"Yes?"
"What happened to that Mamoru kid anyway? You kept talking about him when I was a kid."
A sinister smile crossed Akihiro's lips. "Lets just say I took him to a little trip he'll always remember..."
*flashback*
Akihiro held his knife close to him, hiding it from plain sight. He stood in front of a large mahogany door, and knocked loudly.
A little boy of seven, just like his son Subaru, opened and looked up at him. "Can I help you, Mr. Najimi?"
"Where is your father? I would like to speak to him."
"H-he's not in here, so... you s-should just go back tomorrow." The boy nervously tried to close the door, but Akihiro harshly grabbed his arm and dragged him out.
"But I'll make him come." he hissed and took the protesting boy towards Austine.
Two men, one with a whimpering child, stood face to face in the middle of the campus.
"Akihiro... Stop this. Let Mamoru go, he has nothing to do with this." the other man spoke calmly.
Akihiro laughed evily. "I cannot forgive you after you stole my beloved Kimiko from me, Kiro. I'm going to crush you, starting with this monstrosity you created." With that, Akihiro raised his knife.
"NO!"
And at that moment, all Mamoru felt was the warmth of his own blood trailing down his mouth, and the splash of cold water all over him.
He was killed by the beloved friend of his father.
Kiro quickly picked up his drowning son from the fountain, while Akihiro simply escaped.
"Mamoru... Mamoru... Wake up... Please, wake up..."
"D... Dad?" Mamoru weakly choked out, his multiple knife wounds making it difficult for him to talk.
"Son?!" Kiro gripped his son tightly, tears falling from his eyes. "You're going to be okay!"
"Dad... Please... Kagome... I need to..." His little hands reached out in the air. He was starting to lose his breath.
"Mamoru!"
"Please... tell her... Kagome... Tell her... that I'm..."
And in one instant, his body turned cold.
Akihiro heard everything. He was coming for Kagome next, and Subaru, oblivious to his father's actions, will never know what hit him.
*time skip*
"So then the watermelon said, 'You look a little fruity today!'"
Kagome rolled her eyes at her brother's jokes. They were at the supermarket, and were buying a couple of groceries.
"Hey."
She looked up to find her invisible Wish Bringer grinning at her. She looked at Souta, who was distracted at the apple he was talking to.
"Umm, why is your brother telling jokes to a fruit?" Inuyasha asked with confusion.
"No one really knows." Kagome shrugged. "But, hey, last night, you looked freaked out. Is there something wrong?"
He hesitated, but smiled again. "I'm alright. It was just a nightmare."
"Oh, uh, sure." she still felt uncertain.
Just then Rikuo also appeared. He leaned by a counter, smirking. "What's up?"
"Nothing much really. Except my brother's talking to an apple." Kagome gestured at Souta who was still busy talking to the apple, his back turned.
"Cool. Hey Ash, Miroku called, he said he wanted to talk to you."
"Miroku?" She asked. 'That name sounds familiar...'
"Another Wish Bringer. Ash's personal babysitter~" Rikuo did a face and Inuyasha just nervously laughed.
"Ehehe, right."
"Anyway, Kagome, how is it between you and Subaru?"
"It was great! He even invited me to dinner tonight! He's so romantic!"
Meanwhile as Rikuo and Kagome talked, Inuyasha kept his longing gaze at her. He studied her closely, a hurting feeling in his non-beating heart.
'If only you knew...'
End Chapter
Author's Note: I'm almost done with Rikuo, and its killing my throat! Ugh! But here is another chapter. So it was actually Subaru's dad who killed Mamoru. Poor kid, he's not even aware of it...
